Graveside service for Royce Steven “Steve” Ryan, age 65, of Decatur, will be Saturday, March 21, 2020, 3:00 p.m. at Johnson Chapel Cemetery with Rev. Brian McLaughlin officiating and Shelton Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Ryan, who died Thursday, March 19, 2020, at Decatur Morgan Hospital’s Parkway Campus, was born August 23, 1954, in Morgan County, to Etheridge Olen Ryan and Dora Lee Nelson Ryan. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother-in-law, Jim Oden.
He is survived by his wife, Sonja Oden Ryan of Decatur; three brothers, Bobby Ryan (Carol), Ronnie Ryan (Debbie), and Danny Ryan, all of Decatur; mother-in-law, Carolyn Oden of Vinemont; father-in-law, V. A. Oden of Vinemont; two brothers-in-law, Arthur Oden and George Oden, both of Vinemont; and three sisters-in-law, Linda Webb (John), Mary Jane Oden, and Doris Oden, all of Vinemont.
Pallbearers will be Cody Landis, Arthur Oden, Ben Oden, Eric Parker, John Webb, Patrick Pebbles, George Oden, Bradley Fields, Blake Ryan, and Bryan Gibson.
